LUDLOW ST., 700 block, 2:03 p.m. Aug. 17. A residence was entered through a basement window. An occupant recognized the intruder. A 29-year-old who used to live at this address was arrested.

MUSICMASTER DR., 13100 block, 2 to 4 a.m. Aug. 20. An attempt was made to break into an occupied residence. The intruder fled empty-handed when confronted.

DISTRICT 4 WHEATON STATION

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

BANTRY WAY, 3400 block, 3:30 p.m. Aug. 20. Police responding to a call about suspicious activities tried to detain two men, who entered an occupied house through a back door. A Rockville man, 28, and a man of no fixed address were arrested.

DISTRICT 5 GERMANTOWN STATION

THEFTS/BREAK-INS

SLIDELL RD., 23700 block, 4:30 p.m. Aug. 21. A man knocked on the door of an occupied residence, then jiggled the doorknob. As he walked around the house, an occupant called police. A 27-year-old Illinois man was arrested.